Abilene weekly reflector. [volume], June 26, 1913, Image 7

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abiixxs wrnsxT nriXEcroa, Abilene, Kansas, june so, tn
A PEST IN CHECK. I PROPOSED RAILROAD NOT DEAD
HELD
MISS RARA BENN MARRIED.
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4) ABILENE BOY SCOUTS
MUsoari Farmer Used Creosote
Stop Chinch. Bag Army.
to K. K. N. Making Good ProgroM
Wedding at LaCrosse Sallna Man
.at Newton.
the Groom.
.t
The Scoot Oath.
On my 'honor I'll do my beit to
do my duty to God and my country,
and to obey the scout liw; to help
other people at all time; to keep
myself physically strong, mentally
awake, morally atraisht.
Tha Beomt Law.
A scout la:
1. Trustworthy.
3. - Loyal.
8. Helpful. V
4. Friendly. "
' 5. ' Courteous.
. Kind. .
7. Obedient. ,
8. ' Cheerful.
9. Thrifty.
10. ' Brave.
11. Clean.
12. Reverent.
Since last October, when the Abi
lene Council of the Boy Scouts of
America was organized, sixty-two
toys, ranging in age from 12 to 18,
have taken the Scout oath. The
council la flourishing, and the boys
manifest a real interest in the move
ment and its objects.
P. F. Schilling is scout master,
and the organization and adminis
tration of the Abilene council is un
der his direction. The boys meet
once a week. They have taken num
orous hikes, and are planning for
more. The biggest event of the sum
mer, if plans now under way can be
carried to a successful culmination
; wUl be ten days' camping trip, in
conjunction with the Junction City
scouts .during August. A farm not
far from Junction has been leased
and the plan Is for the two councils
to camp' there. A physical director
will be present to Instruct the boys
In swimming, sports and woodcraft,
and another man will have charge
of drilling them.
The general supervision of the
boy scouts is in the hands of the
local council, an organization com
posed of twenty- Abilene business
men. Its officers are: B. H. Smith,
president; Wm. Sterl, secretary and
treasurer; J. M. Walters, scout com
missioner. The scouts are divided
Into six patrols, each commanded by
a patrol leader.
:.. P F. Schilling received his com-j
1 ' mission as scout master from the
nationar offices in New-York. The
The Kewton, Kansas and North
ern railroad Is not dead. If stories
ta vu tionivu 1 ffti a,v uv-
. A Missouri farmer, tells the Kan
sas City Journal how - he stopped
chinch buas: I had two-thirds of a
thirty acre field of wheat comolete-1 1,eTe Tma railroad was projected
ly ruined by chinch bugs, adjoining "northward from Newton to Falrbury,
which I had a field of oats and . Neb., and the proposed line travers-
fleld of corn to which the bugs would ed Dickinson coonty, passing through
ao unless some war was provided ! --bllen8'
to atop them. To do this I took' "e. promoters aesirea tne saie or ftnd this evening Mr. and Mra. E. J.
creosote, nut It in a teakettle and wrmi mousana oonars worm or Kaffer. Miss Asnes Gels. Mr. Ed.
poured a light stream on the ground boDd, before they , would build the J Gels and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gels of
Mr. John Raymond Gels started
Sunday evening tor La Crosse, at
which place he will be married Tues
day morning at 9 o'clock to Miss
Rara Benn, for the past four years
teacher of German in the Sallna
high school. Mr. Gels was accom
panied by his sister, Miss Mary Gels
between the wheat field where they road' party visited Abilene and
were working and the oats and corn -"Blor' commercial ciuo
field, nourlnr it on the bare around ,a8t . A committee was ap-
wbere there was no rubbish or other po,nted to Investigate the matter,
means for them to cross without or wnicft J- Case was president.
Hf- - - V u a. - ja il s
going over the creosote. I found V-"B" uo u" nearu noinin
that they woulJ mass up to the creo- "4 lu w.a ioug time.
sote line, but none whatever would lu "wlOB "wever. con-
cross It. The question next arose ta,M a ,engthjr account of tne
how to exterminate them. I found re8s 01 "ecurlng a right of way be-
that by placing slack lime next to tween Newton and Canton- Pr0
and. between the creosote line and p0"ed "tatIon fourteen miles dls
bugs millions of them were killed ttant u According to this account
br the lint. T tried another nlnn. """ uunu wsuea are ueing sue-
that waa to ntace straw Inslda tha c"y petitioned, a right of way
line of creosote. The bugs would
collect on the straw, It was then
fired and. great numbers were killed
in this way.
T noticed In iialnff the rronanta
that forty-eight hour, after it had SALIVA HOBO TROUBLES
.... ... .. .
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is being secured without difficulty
and the project la very much alive.
A line through McPherson county
is assured, the paper states.
been put on the ground not a sin
gle bug had crossed the line. Creo
sote stops them and the lime kills
them. As every farmer knows,
chinch bugs fly in the spring of the
year, but'
the summer and fall
A barrel of slack lime will go
NOT ABILENE'S FAULT.
A story in the Sallna papers tells
of a gang of 75 hoboes riding into
Sallna on a freight, despite the ob-
crawl on the ground in Jf tlons of the traln crew and 8ar'
uiai iub Aouene oiiicers couia ao
nothing with them when they took
Manhattan will go to LaCrosse. The
balance of the Gets family will re
main at home on account of the fun
eral of Mrs. Carl Welck, who was
a relative. Father John Maher, of
Sacred Heart church, who was to
officiate at the wedding, will Instead
conduct the funeral.
The wedding ceremony Is to be
performed at St. Michael's church
and Mr. Gets will have as his best
man his brother Mr. Ed. Gels while FlftT 7T oa "eparates the clumsy old time-keeper from tba
Mlsa Benn's maid of honor will be mr,rI of pocket mechanism the South Bend Watch. In those dayt
her sister, Miss Hilda Benn. A re- lt took one man a J" to build a watch. Today 12,000 are turned out
ceptlon will follow at the home of every twenty-four hours In the United States over 4,000,000 a year,
the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wn,1 you are reading this statement more than 25 complete watchea
Walter H. Benn. Sallna Journal w6Te manufactured. The South Bend Watch of today Is no more Ilka
Miss Benn taught for several years the watch of fifty years ago than the modern harvesting machine Is like
In the Abilene high school.
TEACHERS' NEW BOOKS
AT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
the old fashioned scythe.
Around the World on a Drop of Oil,
Did you ever stop and think what a wonderful piece of mechanism a
good watch like the South Bend Is? Take the hairspring for instance.
One mile of this wire weighs less than half a pound. The balance
wheel makes 18,000 vibrations an (hour 157,000,000 a year. It
moves 3,558 miles a year on less than a drop of oil.
If a locomotive having six foot drivina- wheela.
County Superintendent W. O.
Steen has Just given to the public
library the following books of inter
est to teachers:
Standards of Education..Chamberlaln
The Recitation. Hamilton the fltor, and should, mn until Its wheels had performed the same
around an eighty acre field. Lime Pssess,on ot the train In Abilene." Teachlng a District School , J ' of revolutions that a balance wheel does In one year, lt would
iub miners ot Auuene say tney Dinsmore ore tuan iwenty-eignt complete circuits of the earth.
inches wide and thoroughly cover. u "uuu,e l noooe" Studies In the History of Modern luo "uia oena "lcn " aajusteo to every change and condition,
the ground. Ten gallons of creosote e8terday and know nothing of the EdUcatlon Hoyt Baked ,n an oven- frozea ,c. adjusted to position, inspected 411
niiair. noooes in Aouene are wen- Thinking and Learning to Think "me8' pui rougn a 7uo nour test for accuracy, can you wonder why
behaved, and entirely under the of- Schaeffer th,a wonderful watch is the standard. In the railroad world where
fleers' control. Common Sense Didactics".. Sabin accurate time Is the watchword you will find thousands of South Bend
"The seventy-five tramps scatter- Publle School pfii.tl0nhlna Studebaker Watches.
ea tnrougnout tne yaras ana the or- Sogard
iicers . were uname to get close
will go around the same field, as lt
takes but a light stream to answer
the purpose.
POSTOFFICE HANDLED
17,471 PIENCES IN A WEEK
From the ninth to the fourteenth
of June 17,471 pieces of mail were
delivered by the carriers from the
enough to any of them in order to WOULD SHOW PANAMA
admonish them to be on their way,"
says the Sallna paper. There were
several officers, too. That was cer
tainly commendable work when the
CANAL IN MINIATURE.
Abilene postoffice, according to. officers were waiting at the train to
figures compiled in an official count meet the hobo gang.
ordered by department authorities.
iue loiai weigni 01 tne man was
1815 pounds, a dally average of 75
pounds for each carrier.
The employees case and route
mall at an average rate of ten and a
half pieces 'a minute. In the pos-
ASKS DIVORCE AND
CUSTODY OF CHILD.
Mrs. Susan Chastain, who lives
west of town, today filed suit for
divorce from A. B. Chastain, al
leging non support and desertion.
She asks for the custody of their
married
News of Abllene's watermelon day
August 27, has traveled far, and the
secretary of the Commercial club re
ceives letters of Inquiry every day.
The latest Is from a company In
Washington which wants to exhibit
the Panama canal In miniature,
showing vessels in motion, locks and
so forth.
i
q 1 Hm If a thara ota ii7 A mall va
J national council has Jurisdiction of , clnlents. 1117 for each carrier. The
( 'ine entire movement in tne unuea carriers travel an average daily dls- child, Sarah. They were
states, ana issues manuals, inairuc- tance of Bjxteen milestone going at Belolt three years ago
tlons. dispenses uniiorms ana equip- eighteen.
menf, and performs similar duties.) Thij record la required annually
in tne unitea states mere are aoout. fPOm fiVfirv nnstofp AhJiene rnv
with the best of them In every par
ticular. Last year the count was
made in March,' when business Is
heavy, hence this year's record
shows a decrease.
two million scouts.
The boy scc'ts of America have
drifted away, somewhat from the In
ternational organizations In Europe
because of the latter's tendency to
ward militarism. The Socialists and
certain labor organizations in this CIDER VENDORS TO BE
country denounced the movement ARRESTED SHOOK GUILTY
because they believed it tended to
arouse military spirit, but the na
tional council strongly opposes any
thing of the sort.
Boys between the ages of 12 and
18 are eligible to membership, after
learning the scout law, sign, salute,
history of the American flag, and
how to tie four knots from a speci
fied list. A boy is first a tender
foot, and may later be promoted
Miss StrotHer Is Wedded.
Miss Bess Strother, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. , Frank T. Strother,
formerly of Abilene but now of Al
buquerque, N. M., and Mr. Charles
Obituary. H. Slier , of that city were marrlec
The whole Buckeye community June ljth. They have gone cn a
was made sad when it learned that wedding trip to the Pacific coast,
death had visited the home of Mr. The bride was one of Abilene'a most
and Mrs. J. F. Correll and taken attractive girls and many friends
SEE THIS MASTER
TIMEPIECE TODAY
You can't buy a better watch than
the South Bend, simply because a
better watch isn't made. You can
get one of these famous watches
from f 100 down. You can see this
master timepiece ticket away with
on-tne-aot accuracy in our sre.
Suppose you drop In and looc lt
over. There's Ho obligation to buy.
Simply come on a sight-seeing trip.
It. will surely Interest you. Come to-day-
-now,
Selling Agent for
South Bend Watches
ENJOIN FAMOUS ,
BLUE SKY LAW
Henceforth the sale of cider in
Dickinson county will constitute suf
ficient grounds for the arrest of its
vendor, according to a statement
from them their youngest child, Ar- here will wish her much Joy.
dls, on Friday evening. She was
taken sick Tuesday morning. Her
tis. Though all was done for her
possible she grew rapidly worse and
Buffered much until the end.
Ardls S. Correll was born near
Sabetha, Kan., Nov. 6, 1903; died
June 20, 1913, aged 9 years, 7
months and 14 days. She was of a
made by the county attorneyfh"ls kind and loving disposition and was
morning. I loved by a host of friends, old and
"I will -prosecute on the assump-; young. She was seldom
Vni Gala ranAwfiAif Wartnf an A
.r ww pronouncea appena.ci- orgInalljr ffom K g. A c
Sugar Company Charges Unconsti
tutionality.
Manhattan. $1 per bushel at thresh
ing. machine. Write and order now, SAYS THE LAW-CAUSES UNREST
don't delay, Tom H. Ballantyne,
Pearl, Kansas.
18d2tl9w2t
cltlon that the cider Is Intoxicating," from her Sunday school class. Fun- Eld H , w Fry M
!r",sald Arthur Hurd. "for I believe that eral services were held In the Breth- ma q Guesg
toithe great majority of It is. Pro- ren church conducted by Elder J. H. nn Mra'a'n Jni
& i . . :
me secona ana intra uegreea. ceedlng on this assumption it will Cakerice, assisted by Elder J. F,
Tne secona aegree requires a then be necessary for the man who. Hants and U. Brilhart. The floral Tfth r-jh---,. a.,., miii
- i -"D v-ucl oiieriuga wuitu were sent unu ROVT,q i q o. Trn1n Rolaa Spnor . , - . .
the possession of certain scoutcraft Is not Intoxicating." brought by friends from far and LV'flL , ,1 Ti, !! Uve t'1"'' Jd A. W. Dana of
(k. i ,so,.,T ' - the district court granted a tern-
Advertised Mall.
For week ending June 23, 1913:
Letters: Sr. Luciano Alba (2).
absent MrB. Edwin Brown, Mr. Vane Catlln,
Mrs. W. A. Good-
Mrs. L. Hutche-
son, Mrs. A. R. Jenison, Mr. E. Levy,
Mrs. Lyna Nelson, Mr. and Mrs.
L.
Celebrated Statute a Model for Other
State Dawson Declares the
Suit WUl Be Beneficial.
Topeka, June 24. For the first
time since its enactment, the cele
brated Kansas "blue sky" law, tak
en as a model for nearly all similar
legislation in other state, Is Inopera-
knowledge. The work Is primarily wm. Shook, arrested last week for near expressed the love they had for
in the open. A third degree scout the sale of alcoholic cider, pleaded Ardls and also sympathy for the
must stand well in scholarship, andguuty in Judge J.' P. Quinn's court ( bereaved family, and were greatly
Mrs. Joe Winchester, F. E. Young.
porary order late yesterday restraln-
have information on a variety of sub- this morning
jects, specific and general. "When a sixty days In
boy has qualified to become a third fined 8200.
degree scout he must be well-in-1
formed, must do well in school, and
stand well with his employer, if he
has one," said Mr. Schilling. "He
must have a knowledge of first aid
work and of scoutcraft, and there are
a. variety of other requirements.
When a boy becomes a third degree
scout he is about as well developed
along all lines as he can be. and is
about as good a boy as one could
ask or.". Four boys in the Abilene
council are training for the third
degree. . . i
'". Speaking of the movement, Mr.
Schilling said: "When people come
to thoroughly understand the ob-
jects and benefits of the organiza
tion they will .show a more healthy
Interest in the work. I venture to
say that not a single mother of a
scout would have her son give up
the work. It makes for better cltt-
senship. It gives a boy something
to do, and keeps him off the streets.
It fosters a healthy love of the out-of-doors,
makes a boy courageous
and manly, and inspires patriotism.
Frequently the organization may
lend practical aid to the commnn-
He was sentenced to appreciated by them. She was laid I - innnim,v wirr.
tne county jau ana to rest In the Chapman creek ceme
tery, followed by a large crowd of
relatives and friends. The sorrow
ing family has the sympathy of the
BRAKEMAN SPRAINS ANKLES
JUMPING FROM BOX CAR, entire community and may they real
W. A. MATTESON, P. M. ,ng the gtate officials from enforc
Ing it.
A suit In which the court Is ask
REGAIN POPULATION LOSS ed t0 make the InJunctlon perma.
nent, was filed by D. A. Moun Day
general manager of the American
HARVESTER. CO. HEAD RESIGNS
Independent Stockholders'
Causes Shake-up.
Salt
Clean old saner! 8c a bundle at
ike J!sfletor ctZm. -
In leaping from the top of
overturning box car at the Santa
Fe depot last night, O. E. Falrhurst
of Emporia, a brakeman, sprained
both ankles severely. Dr. H. ; B.
Felty, railroad physician, treated
him, and this morning he left for
Emporia.
The car was thrown from the
track when it hit an open switch
which the car coupled on ahead had
passed. The coupling was- acciden
tal. A, wrecking train placed the
car back on the track this morning,
Topeka, June 24. Kansas will
this year regain the population Sugar Refining company, with bead
, that aftpr fHnd hav don ail which she lost last year. If reports quarters here. He alleges the law
they can there is still one who can received by the board of agriculture deprives him of all the rights guar
an comfort and has promised that In 'rom 41 counties show similar con- anteed him under the constitution
every trial and sorrow "My grace ditlons in all parts of the state, in of the state and nation. Tne peti-
shall prove sufficient for thee."
SHIFTING SOIL
41 counties most of them theltion states that the law has caused
smaller counties of the state there a general unrest among business
is a gain of about 4000 over the! men and that lt has injured his bust
census enumeration " of a year ago.lness.
Real Estate Transfers Reported
J. E. Keel, Abstractor.
by
LUTHERANS AND METHODI8TS
TIE IN SEVEN INNING GAME.
Esther M. Dagenett et vir to Thos.
S. Wilson, a s blk 8, Chap
man, 8520.
Elizabeth Kelley to Patrick J. Kel
ler, w K sw 33-12-3, 81. r
G. B. Rudd et ux to Elsie A. Kennl
cott, e tt lot 20. lots 21, 22, blk
10, Woodbine. 81500.
John Dolan et ux to Buennlng Bros.
lots 15, 17, 19, 21, blk 2 and n H
and no reports have been received
from the larger counties.
Last year's census showed 1,669,-
296 Inhabitants of the state as com
pared with 1,686,647 in 1911, or a
loss of 17,351a . ,-'
REAL RUMMERTDIE IS .
. WEATHER BUREAU PROMISE
The Lutherans and Methodists
played a seven innning ball game at
the fair grounds last night, and
ended with a tie, 9 to 9. Darkness
prevented further play. The game
was Interesting and full of excit
ing situations. . ' '
Batteries were: Methodists, Wal- Emma V. Ketchem to Laura J.
Washington, June 24. Real sum
mertime weather during this week
was promised over the country by
the weather bureau. Temperatures
lot . a M lot 6, blk 1, Dolan's above the seasonable averages were
. add Herington. 12600. predicted for the southern states,
John Gaede to Buenning Bros, lots the great central valleys and the
7, 9, 11. blk 9, Murray's add Her- plains states and normal tempera-
Ington, 32500. tures for the middle Atlantic and
Wil- New England states, the region of
ters, Hobba and Carver; Lutherans.'
C. Barber and Woodward." I
Kama, lota 1. 2. blk 24. Herinc- the Great Lakes and the Pacific
to fieoi. MiH!',lop' " --iri
Attorney General Dawson in a
statement today declared the suit
would result in a benefit to the of
ficers responsible for its enforce
ment, as it would give them a Judi
cial Interpretation of the statute.
The Kansas blue sky law Intended
to safeguard Investors In stocks and
bonds and other securities, was pass
ed two. years ago.
SMUT IS INJURIOUS TO
DONIPHAN COUNTY WHEAT.
Atchison, June 24. With some of
the wheat already harvested and
much more of it ready to cut, Atchi
son and Doniphan county farmers
are complaining ot damage to the
grain by smut Some fields have
been so badly damaged the grain
will be cut for bog feed.
Chicago, June 24. W. C. Thomp
son, of Chicago, president of the In
dependent Harvester company of
Piano, 111., and the entire board ot
directors will resign today, accord
ing to unofficial announcements!
The resignations follow charges ot
mismanagement and extravagance
contained In a suit filed by 27,000
stockholders, most of them In Kan
sas and Nebraska, on May 3 In the ,
United States district court. Mr.
Thompson" will" turfi Into 'the" trei-' ,
ury 8350,000 worth of stock, owner
ship of which is In dispute.
Among the Kansas farmers who
are plaintiffs In the suit are Fred
3. Hager and Peter Smith of Kins
ley; O. M. Hager of Lewis, and H.
A. Klrcbner of Coffey county. It
Is understood they represent about
1000 stockholders in Kansas, Ne
braska, Iowa and other central
Mississippi valley states.
In connection with the reslgna-
Ion lt was said arrangements were
being made whereby the control of
the company would pass into other
hands and the stockholders be given
a chance "to run the business their
way."
COYOTE BITES LITTLE
GIRL FOR PETTING IT.
Wichita, June 23. Little Bessie
Hubbard, 6-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Pitt Hubbard, this city.
tried to pet a coyote on the head
through the bars of. a cage in the
municipal zoo Sunday evening.
"Nice doggie," she said. The coy
ote snapped her on the arm. Physi
cians took eleven stitches in the
lacerated hand and arm.
STOP RAISING WHEAT TO
STARVE CHINCH BUGS.
Emporia, June 24. The farmers'
institute of Lyon county adopted a
resolution today to discontinue rais
ing wheat and oats In the county If
all farmers would cooperate, believ
ing the elimination of these two
grains will starve out chinch bugs.
The ravages of the pests have been
severe. Many acres of corn have
been destroyed by bugs migrating
from wheat fields.